Seed Jar
Nellie Nampeyo, Hopi / American, about 1894 - 1979
Hopi
Southwest
about 1964
Terracotta and pigment
Overall: 3 15/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10 × 16.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
164.42.15515
Geography
Place Made: Hano Pueblo, First Mesa, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: On base "Nellie Nampeyo", also in graphite "#10"
Provenance
Trading Post, Polacca, Arizona; sold to Alfred Frank Whiting (1912-1978) for Dartmouth College Museum, 1964.
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